Bill, I don't have much to add beyond Ken Hixson's usefully specific information on temp. requirements for the western American lilies. I may have gotten lucky with this as well, as we've had an unusually high accumulation of chill hours this year (831 hrs. to date; avg. appears to be 400-500). Nov.-Feb. diurnal temp. variation averaged 19 degrees F. I don't know how well you can approximate that in Victoria. Our "first storm" was October 10, second storm Nov. 10. I imagine that many but not all wild populations are under snow cover for most of the winter. One thing I forgot to mention: L. bolanderi appeared within a few days of some L. pardalinum that I also stratified in vain last spring, and put out for the first storm. Good Luck! > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2008 11:31:06 +1100 > From: "Bill Richardson" <ixia@dcsi.net.au> > Subject: Re: [pbs] Lilium bolanderi update > > ... > I have just obtained seed of this species here in Oz. and your information > will be invaluable in helping me determine how to germination here and when. > Any further info would be considered greatfully. > regards, > Bill Richardson >